Creator(s)	Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896, photographer.
Title	[Washington Street].
Link to library catalog	http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=433786
Date	[1872].
Publishing details	Boston : Black Photo.
Physical description	1 photographic print : b&w ; image 41.7 x 30.6 cm., mount 53.1 x 42.5 cm.
Summary	Washington Street after the Great Fire of 1872 looking towards the center of Boston including storefront signs of a variety of establishments from 201 Washington Street towards Old South Church. Part of Black's series showing the devastation of the Great Fire of 1872 in Boston. Title devised by curator. In graphite on mount above photograph is number 43 and in lower right corner is number 29. Number 59 etched in negative at lower right of photograph; in ink on lower right corner of negative is "Black Photo." Retrospective conversion record.
Subject(s)	Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872--Pictorial works. Stores, Retail--Massachusetts--Boston--Pictorial works. Boston (Mass.)--History--19th century--Pictorial works. Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)--Pictorial works.
Genre terms	Photographs--United States--1870-1880.
Location	Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) (photo) C B64B6 St.w.1872.w
Source	452_20.tif
Rights	Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46